If the apostles didn’t ask Jesus about such a coming in Mathew 24 and he didn’t teach about it, what about the judgment scene described in Matthew 25.31-46? This is the same judgment of the dead in Revelation 11:18, which is later referred to as the “first resurrection” (Rev. 20:5). It was going to “shortly…
In evaluating the questions that the disciples asked Jesus in Matthew 24, they could not have been asking Jesus about His return in some distant future to end the world and judge all mankind. First, they could not have been asking Jesus about signs of the end of the world because they refused to believe…
A third reason that the second coming of Christ taught in the New Testament cannot be the final judgment day is because the judgment spoken in connection with Christ’s return was escapable, while the final judgment taught among a majority of churches today is not escapable. The great a terrible day of the Lord that…
Consider some reasons why his return cannot refer to a final judgment day and the end of the world at some distant future. (1) Time-Defining Terms Logically speaking, how can we define the end of the age in Matthew 24 to refer to the end of time when Jesus comes to judge the world and…
As already noted, Matthew’s account looks like he may be asking three questions. Some would say that He distinguishes the destruction of Jerusalem and a final return in answering the last two questions. Adherents to this view either make verse 29 or 36 the point of transitioning from a discussion of the question of authority…
It is revealing to compare Matthew 24 to the other two synoptic gospels to clarify the time references. Matt. 24:3 “And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying Tell us, when shall these things be and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the…
We have already introduced Jesus’ coming in judgment in the preceding blogs by pointing out the victory of saints over Satan. However, this new age would commence with the end of the old regime. The wheat would be gathered in barns, but the chaff would burn with fire. When Joel had predicted the outpouring of…
The victory of saints would begin a new era or age. Paul closes the Roman letter by giving this promise that Satan would be crushed under their feet shortly. Rom. 16:20 reads, “And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.”…
Christ’s return or His second coming would mark the end of one age and the start of another. The prophet, Daniel, refers to the end of the age or days in his last words of prophecy (Daniel 12:13). It was used in the context of the siege of Jerusalem, the abomination of desolation, and the…
The Amillenial view makes a similar mistake. Augustine’s popular City of God adopted a figurative interpretation of Revelation 20. Popular commentaries of the nineteenth century that held this view were Adam Clarke, Matthew Henry, and Thomas Scott who were a part of the evangelical churches. This view states that a spiritual kingdom of Christ began…